The Inspector-General of Police, Ag.IGP Ibrahim
K. Idris,NPM, mni paid a courtesy visit on the Comptroller-General
of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) on July 28, 2016 at the Customs
Headquarters, Abuja.

2. The IGP’s visit centres on Inter-Agency
Cooperation and collaboration to fast track sustainable working relationships
between the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Customs Service in ensuring
adequate security in the country. The IGP underscored the fact that Police
Partnership with other security agencies makes the tasks of crime control and
management much easier in the country.

3. The IGP used the opportunity of the visit to
inform the Comptroller-General of the establishment of Joint Control Centre
(JCC) at the Police Headquarters, Abuja which will serve as a platform for
other sister security agencies to engender cooperation in operational areas.
The IGP thanked the Comptroller-General of Customs for the warm reception
accorded him and his entourage.

4. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed
Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) while responding, congratulated the IGP on his appointment,
and from his track records, he has no doubt that Nigeria have a very competent
IGP. The Comptroller-General of Customs expressed his gratitude to the
Nigeria Police Force for the partnership and assistance the Force has given to
the Nigerian Customs at the border posts and other areas in discharge of their
official duties. He pleads that the IGP should sustain and strengthen this
partnership.

5. The Comptroller-General maintained that looking at
the present state of security on terrorism, there is every need to collaborate
and fight these challenges. He also called on the IGP that the Nigerian Customs
is willing to learn more from the Nigeria Police Force in areas of Arms
handling and other operations, especially running of Micro Finance Bank to be
owned by the Nigerian Customs.